Health Information Exchange

Health Information Exchange Links Medical Information Across Camden

The Camden Health Information Exchange (HIE) is a web-based technology that offers Camden city and regional healthcare providers access to important medical information for Camden patients. The HIE facilitates sharing of detailed clinical data among the primary hospitals, physician practices, laboratory and radiology groups in Camden, along with regional hospitals and healthcare institutions. As a result, healthcare providers will have the clinical information they need about their patients at the immediate point of care, which will reduce unnecessary duplication and foster improved care coordination.

Launched in November 2010, the information hub is hosted by Noteworthy Medical Systems, a Cleveland-based healthcare technology solution that has created similar community-wide health information exchanges across the country.

Coordination and Collaboration in Camden

The Camden HIE is the result of collaboration and sharing of information in an effort to improve care delivery in Camden. Cooper University Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Health System and Virtua Health played integral roles in the establishment of the Camden HIE. The first phase of the HIE was funded by direct contributions from the three hospitals, the Merck Company Foundation, and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Data in the first phase includes lab results, radiology reports, and discharge summaries from Camden and regional hospitals, as well data from private laboratory facilities. The second phase of the HIE will allow healthcare providers to share more detailed clinical information among EHR systems.

The HIE facilitates and promotes broad sharing of medical information; however, its primary concern is to protect patient privacy and confidentiality.  Therefore, the HIE is built and governed to ensure that only patients’ healthcare providers can access personal health information.

Integrating and Improving Patient Care

Through the HIE, the Coalition is working to build a more fluid and better informed healthcare delivery system to provide patients with personalized, patient-centered care, and assure that Camden providers have the technology and tools they need to deliver high quality, coordinated, and integrated care services.

For more information about the Camden HIE, please contact us.